On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 01:43:51 GMT, > wrote:

>This afternoon I heard.a creaking noise in the
>right rear brakes. I noticed it mostly when I back out of driveway.
>I can put the car in park and rock the car forward and back and
>pinpoint the noise to the right rear wheel. Any ideas of what
>to look for in the brakes? It made the noise with or without
>the brake applied. TIA

Honda disk brake pads incorporate a clever device that warns the
driver when brake pads have worn down and need changing. It's simply a
U-shaped piece of metal that, when the pads are new, doesn't come near
the rotating disk. As the pad material wears away however, the end of
this metal strip comes closer and closer to the rotor until when there
is only a marginal amount of pad left, it touches the rotor during
braking. This generates discreet squeaks and scratchings at first,
most noticeable when backing up or maneuvering slowly in a parking
lot. As the contact becomes more intimate the wear strip can generate
the most ominous gronking noises that will be noticed by even the most
inattentive driver. The cure is simple, replace the pads with new
ones.



http://www.tegger.com/hondafaq/Brakes.html#noise